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Donkey Kong Mame Conversion
Rolpa:
--- Quote from: leapinlew on March 06, 2011, 01:02:05 pm ---Nice project! I've done a few of these. Some of the things I've done:
Get rid of the monitor bracket bolts. I usually just move these to inside the cabinet and add a few extra support blocks.
Put a button under the control panel (on player2's side) to easily add credits
Originally I tried to hide the control panel latch bolts. I've since decided to keep them exposed. It was too much trouble.
Keep all the wireties/screw things nintendo uses. They come in handy later
Route the t-mold slot all the way around - currently it stops a little too short. If you do this, you will need a bit more than 20 feet
I can't tell from the pic, but do you have the bottom bezel retainer? If not, you'll need one.
Have fun
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Sounds like some good advice. What do you mean by a bottom bezel retainer?
leapinlew:
--- Quote from: Rolpa on March 06, 2011, 09:56:14 pm ---
--- Quote from: leapinlew on March 06, 2011, 01:02:05 pm ---Nice project! I've done a few of these. Some of the things I've done:
Get rid of the monitor bracket bolts. I usually just move these to inside the cabinet and add a few extra support blocks.
Put a button under the control panel (on player2's side) to easily add credits
Originally I tried to hide the control panel latch bolts. I've since decided to keep them exposed. It was too much trouble.
Keep all the wireties/screw things nintendo uses. They come in handy later
Route the t-mold slot all the way around - currently it stops a little too short. If you do this, you will need a bit more than 20 feet
I can't tell from the pic, but do you have the bottom bezel retainer? If not, you'll need one.
Have fun
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Sounds like some good advice. What do you mean by a bottom bezel retainer?
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Here is a pic of it:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=77003.0
I did a quick search and couldn't find it. Your bezel sits inside this bracket and the bracket fits in the groove in the wood above your CP.
javeryh:
I also did one of these back in 2009. I converted an old Nintendo cab back to a DK running MAME. It was a very fun project and the results were exactly what I wanted - the cab is still in my dining room and I play it quite often! I second lew's ideas...
Get rid of the bolts on the side of the cabinet - they are ugly, IMO, and aren't really needed. Plus, who wants to damage the side art?
Hide your "admin" buttons under the lip of the control panel (countersink them). I have a coin button and a pause button on the right side and an "exit" button on the left. Works great and there is no way to tell that they are there unless you are specifically looking for them.
Rolpa:
--- Quote from: javeryh on March 07, 2011, 10:24:54 am ---I also did one of these back in 2009. I converted an old Nintendo cab back to a DK running MAME. It was a very fun project and the results were exactly what I wanted - the cab is still in my dining room and I play it quite often! I second lew's ideas...
Get rid of the bolts on the side of the cabinet - they are ugly, IMO, and aren't really needed. Plus, who wants to damage the side art?
Hide your "admin" buttons under the lip of the control panel (countersink them). I have a coin button and a pause button on the right side and an "exit" button on the left. Works great and there is no way to tell that they are there unless you are specifically looking for them.
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I'm definitely getting rid of the bolts on the side, as I have to change the orientation anyway. For the admin buttons, since I am just going to use a gamepad hack anyway, I was going to use a program called xpadder. It allows "shift" functions, so to speak. Using this, holding the P1 Button and pressing jump will add a credit, and holding P2 and pressing jump will exit to Mame.
javeryh:
--- Quote from: Rolpa on March 07, 2011, 01:21:42 pm ---
--- Quote from: javeryh on March 07, 2011, 10:24:54 am ---I also did one of these back in 2009. I converted an old Nintendo cab back to a DK running MAME. It was a very fun project and the results were exactly what I wanted - the cab is still in my dining room and I play it quite often! I second lew's ideas...
Get rid of the bolts on the side of the cabinet - they are ugly, IMO, and aren't really needed. Plus, who wants to damage the side art?
Hide your "admin" buttons under the lip of the control panel (countersink them). I have a coin button and a pause button on the right side and an "exit" button on the left. Works great and there is no way to tell that they are there unless you are specifically looking for them.
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I'm definitely getting rid of the bolts on the side, as I have to change the orientation anyway. For the admin buttons, since I am just going to use a gamepad hack anyway, I was going to use a program called xpadder. It allows "shift" functions, so to speak. Using this, holding the P1 Button and pressing jump will add a credit, and holding P2 and pressing jump will exit to Mame.
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I've run into problems before using shifted commands - especially for "exit". If you have kids or stupid friends who will be playing on this cab someone will accidentally exit out of a game when they least expect to.